Announcing a Meeting of the Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Announcing a Meeting of the Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards and Technology.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App.,

notice is hereby given that the Computer System Security and Privacy

Advisory Board (CSSPAB) will meet Tuesday, September 29, 1998, and

Wednesday, September 30, 1998 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Advisory Board

was established by the Computer Security Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 100-235)

to advise the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of NIST on

security and privacy issues pertaining to federal computer systems. All

systems will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 29 and 30, 1998, from 9:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the National Institute of

Standards and Technology, 820 West Diamond Avenue (NIST North

Building), Gaithersburg, MD in Room 618.

Agenda:

--Welcome and Overview

--Issues Update and Briefings

--Health Care Privacy Update

--On-line Privacy Briefings

--NIST Computer Security Updates

--Discussion

--Pending Business

--Public Participation

--Agenda Development for December Meeting

--Wrap-Up

Public Participation: The Board agenda will include a period of

time, not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral comments and questions

from the public. Each speaker will be limited to five minutes. Members

of the public who are interested in speaking are asked to contact the

Board Secretariat at the telephone number indicated below. In addition,

written statements are invited and may be submitted to the Board at any

time. Written statements should be directed to the CSSPAB Secretariat,

Information Technology Laboratory, Building 820, Room 426, National

Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. It

would be appreciated if 35 copies of written material ere submitted for

distribution to the Board and attendees no later than September 23,

1998. Approximately 15 seats will be available for the public and

media.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Edward Roback, Board Secretariat,

Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Building 820, Room 426, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001,

telephone: (301) 975-3696.

Dated: September 15, 1998.

Robert E. Hebner,

Acting Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 98-25091 Filed 9-17-98; 8:45 am]

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